>>That's an appeal to authority. Argument from authority is not always fallacious. Please read: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_authority#Structur

>>That's an appeal to authority. Argument from authority is not always fallacious. Please read: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_authority#Structure https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_authority#Struct... I posit that the argument I made uses the valid form: people who are established authorities on a given topic are more trustworthy when making claims about that topic, because they are more likely to be correct. Pruitt himself has proven the opposite to be true as well by being repeatedly wrong about science and rejecting scientifically established facts.